§ Mr. Pikeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for every regional health authority area the ratio of National Health Service beds to patients on waiting lists in 1979 and each subsequent year.
§ Mr. WhitneyThe ratio the hon. Member asks for would be without significance. The relevant information is given in the table:
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Year Number of in- patient cases treated Average number of beds occupied daily In-patient waiting list at 30 September National Health Service hospitals in England Thousands 1979 5,400.1 293.3 695.7 1980 5,670.0 289.5 635.9 1981 5,759.9 285.9 6.9.4 1982 5,719.6 279.8 725.9 1983 6,018.6 276.4 703.8 1984 6,177.5 269.3 682.6 1985 n.a. n.a. 661.2 Index, 1979 = 100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 105.0 98.7 91.4 1981 106.7 97.5 89.0 1982 105.9 95.4 104.3 1983 111.5 94.3 101.2 1984 114.4 91.8 98.1 1985 n.a. n.a. 95.0 National Health Service hospitals in Northern regional health authority Thousands 1979 368.6 20.1 42.3 1980 393.8 20.1 35.5 1981 395.7 19.7 33.1 1982 376.1 19.2 50.0 1983 409.1 19.4 44.5 1984 420.1 19.1 38.8 1985 n.a. n.a 36.2 Index, 1979=100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 106.8 98.2 84.0 1981 107.4 95.9 78.3 1982 102.0 96.7 118.1 1983 111.0 95.4 105.2 1984 114.0 95.0 91.7 1985 n.a. n.a. 85.6 National Health Service hospitals in Yorkshire regional health authority Thousands 1979 433.8 24.3 47.2 1980 456.9 23.8 41.0 1981 465.5 23.3 37.7 1982 454.0 22.4 53.0 1983 490.6 22.1 49.4 1984 499.9 21.4 47.0 1985 n.a. n.a 45.8 Index, 1979 = 100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 105.3 98.0 86.8 1981 107.3 95.9 79.8 1982 104.7 92.4 112.3 1983 113.1 91.2 104.5 1984 115.2 88.3 99.6 1985 n.a. n.a 97.0 National Health Service hospitals in Trent regional health authority Thousands 1979 464.9 24.8 66.5 440W
Year Number of in-patient cases treated Average number of beds occupied daily In-patient waiting list at 30 September 1980 497.3 24.8 57.9 1981 511.9 24.6 56.9 1982 505.2 24.1 73.5 1983 543.2 24.0 69.2 1984 557.9 23.5 65.3 1985 n.a. n.a. 62.2 Index, 1979 = 100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 107.0 99.8 102.5 1981 110.1 99.0 100.6 1982 108.7 96.9 130.1 1983 116.8 96.6 122.4 1984 120.0 94.7 115.6 1985 n.a. n.a. 93.5 National Health Service hospitals in East Anglian regional health authority Thousands 1979 201.9 10.5 28.0 1980 216.9 10.4 25.8 1981 219.6 10.4 25.6 1982 213.3 10.2 32.9 1983 229.6 10.2 33.1 1984 238.3 10.0 31.1 1985 n.a. n.a. 27.4 Index, 1979 = 100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 107.4 99.5 92.1 1981 108.8 99.1 91.5 1982 105.7 97.6 117.7 1983 113.7 97.9 118.3 1984 118.1 95.3 111.4 1985 n.a. n.a. 97.8 National Health Service hospitals in North-West Thames regional health authority Thousands 1979 377.7 23.2 43.6 1980 386.2 22.7 42.5 1981 390.4 22.5 41.6 1982 394.4 21.3 40.8 1983 408.5 20.9 41.0 1984 415.6 20.2 40.0 1985 n.a. n.a. 40.3 Index, 1979 = 100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 102.3 97.6 97.4 1981 103.7 96.9 95.4 1982 97.8 91.8 93.6 1983 101.3 89.9 94.1 1984 103.0 87.1 91.8 1985 n.a. n.a. 92.4 National Health Service hospitals in North-East Thames regional health authority Thousands 1979 496.5 24.4 53.1 1980 514.2 23.9 49.0 1981 516.4 23.7 48.5 1982 512.7 24.2 58.2 1983 526.4 23.9 58.9 1984 534.8 23.3 63.6 1985 n.a. n.a. 66.4 Index, 1979 = 100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 103.9 98.1 92.3 1981 104.1 97.3 91.3 1982 112.5 99.2 109.5 1983 115.5 98.1 110.8 1984 117.3 95.5 119.6 441W
Year Number of in- patient cases treated Average number of beds occupied daily In-patient waiting list at 30 September 1985 n.a. n.a. 125.0 National Health Service hospitals in South-East Thames regional health authority Thousands 1979 440.0 23.2 49.9 1980 454.2 22.6 45.5 1981 463.2 22.2 45.6 1982 461.4 21.7 51.8 1983 477.3 21.2 51.6 1984 487.8 20.4 51.6 1985 n.a. n.a. 50.1 Index, 1979 = 100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 103.2 105.9 91.1 1981 105.3 104.0 91.3 1982 105.1 101.5 103.8 1983 108.7 99.4 103.4 1984 111.1 95.6 103.4 1985 n.a. n.a. 100.4 National Health Service hospitals in South-West Thames regional health authority Thousands 1979 299.1 22.1 37.2 1980 307.2 21.6 34.5 1981 311.8 21.2 33.9 1982 315.2 20.4 36.5 1983 329.3 20.0 37.5 1984 338.6 19.4 35.4 1985 n.a. n.a. 36.8 Index, 1979=100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 102.5 97.4 92.7 1981 104.0 95.6 91.1 1982 100.9 92.3 97.9 1983 105.5 90.4 100.6 1984 108.4 87.7 95.0 1985 n.a. n.a. 98.9 National Health Service hospitals in Wessex regional health authority Thousands 1979 302.8 15.4 40.2 1980 318.5 15.2 38.2 1981 322.0 15.1 40.3 1982 320.9 14.7 45.3 1983 332.4 14.5 46.9 1984 345.5 14.2 45.2 1985 n.a. n.a. 42.0 Index, 1979 = 100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 105.2 99.1 94.9 1981 106.4 98.0 100.1 1982 106.0 95.7 112.7 1983 109.8 94.4 116.6 1984 114.1 92.8 112.4 1985 n.a. n.a. 104.5 National Health Service hospitals in Oxford regional health authority Thousands 1979 251.9 10.8 36.2 1980 265.0 10.6 33.9 1981 269.7 10.5 32.6 1982 266.3 10.4 35.7 1983 276.5 10.2 36.1 1984 284.6 10.1 35.3 1985 n.a. n.a. 33.3 Index. 1979 = 100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 105.2 98.3 93.7 442W
Year Number of in- patient cases treated Average number of beds occupied daily In-patient waiting list at 30 September 1981 107.1 97.2 90.0 1982 105.7 95.9 98.8 1983 109.8 94.5 99.7 1984 113.0 93.1 97.7 1985 n.a. n.a. 92.0 National Health Service hospitals in South- Western regional health authority Thousands 1979 338.9 20.0 45.9 1980 358.0 19.6 43.7 1981 365.8 19.5 42.9 1982 370.3 19.2 47.1 1983 385.3 18.9 47.5 1984 399.0 18.1 46.6 1985 n.a. n.a. 43.6 Index, 1979 = 100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 105.6 98.6 95.2 1981 108.0 97.3 93.3 1982 109.3 95.6 102.8 1983 113.7 93.9 103.6 1984 117.7 90.5 101.5 1985 n.a. n.a. 95.0 National Health Service hospitals in West Midlands regional health authority Thousands 1979 547.8 29.1 87.7 1980 575.1 28.9 80.9 1981 582.9 28.5 80.0 1982 591.1 28.1 86.5 1983 619.7 27.7 83.6 1984 644.2 27.1 83.1 1985 n.a. n.a. 81.0 Index, 1979=100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 105.0 99.3 92.3 1981 106.4 98.2 91.2 1982 107.9 96.7 98.7 1983 113.1 95.3 95.3 1984 117.6 93.3 94.8 1985 n.a. n.a. 92.4 National Health Service in Mersey regional health authority Thousands 1979 282.6 17.8 38.6 1980 297.5 17.5 34.1 1981 299.3 17.3 33.1 1982 293.9 16.8 37.7 1983 312.6 16.5 34.3 1984 322.1 15.9 31.4 1985 n.a. n.a. 30.1 Index, 1979=100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 105.2 98.6 88.3 1981 105.9 97.1 85.8 1982 104.0 94.6 97.7 1983 110.6 92.5 88.9
Year Number of in-patient cases treated Average number of beds occupied daily In-patient waiting list at 30 September 1984 114.0 89.5 81.4 1985 n.a. n.a. 78.0 National Health Service hospitals in North- Western regional health authority Thousands 1979 509.0 25.2 71.9 1980 541.8 25.2 65.5 1981 555.0 25.0 60.3 1982 553.7 24.6 69.7 1983 585.7 24.4 62.5 1984 597.8 24.0 59.4 1985 n.a. n.a. 58.5 Index. 1979 = 100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 106.4 100.0 91.1 1981 109.0 99.2 83.7 1982 108.8 97.7 96.9 1983 115.1 97.2 86.9 1984 117.4 95.4 82.6 1985 n.a. n.a. 81.4 National Health Service hospitals in special health authorities Thousands 1979 84.6 2.5 7.4 1980 87.6 2.5 7.9 1981 90.6 2.5 7.6 1982 91.0 2.5 7.1 1983 92.3 2.5 7.8 1984 91.4 2.5 8.6 1985 n.a n.a. 7.7 Index, 1979 = 100 1979 100.0 100.0 100.0 1980 102.4 99.3 107.3 1981 105.6 99.6 103.3 1982 103.8 99.8 96.0 1983 105.3 99.1 105.6 1984 104.2 97.5 117.3 1985 n.a. n.a. 104.0 n.a. Not yet available.